A Vodou ceremony aboard a boat filled with desperate Haitian migrants seeking a safe landing ended in tragedy after candles and matches used in the ritual set gasoline-filled drums on fire, setting ...

Often misrepresented in pop culture, Haitian Vodou is a complex and deeply spiritual African-derived religion that blends ancestral traditions with Catholic influences. This video explores its origins ...

The Haitian American painter discusses faith, the ancestors, diaspora pride and protecting Haiti’s memory through art — and ...

Haitians across South Florida will honor native tradition and spirituality as they celebrate through music and dance the island nation’s annual Fèt Gede — Festival of the Dead — which is Haiti’s ...

Haiti has long been beset with grave problems - and a few years after the 2004 Festival it would suffer the devastating earthquake of 2010. But Haitians' love of freedom nevertheless inspires them and ...

EADL celebrates 12 years of training youth through dance, theater, and Haitian cultural storytelling PORT-DE-PAIX— For its 12th anniversary, the École d’Apprentissage de la Danse Latine (EADL) ...

When my brothers and I were growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, in the nineteen-eighties, we were the only Black kids at our school, let alone the only Haitian Americans. This wasn’t a problem until it was ...

A mural in the northern port city of Cap-Haïtien warns Haitians about the perils of illegal migration Jacqueline Charles [email protected] A Vodou ceremony aboard a boat filled with desperate ...